blickstein@tle.DEC (Dave Blickstein) (10/31/85)
>Just because you don't appreciate all the good progressive music that >has come out this year, including albums by > > [Me:] Suzanne Vega, Robyn Hitchcock, Birdsongs of The Mesozoic, Space > Negroes, Mission of Burma, Jane Siberry, Peter Gabriel, Tuxedomoon, > The Roches, Inner City Unit, etc.... > >doesn't mean that that music isn't good. And you shouldn't imply that it >isn't. There's lot of music I'm not wild about, but which I think is good -- >it's my problem that I don't appreciate it. And it's your problem that you >don't appreciate all the good new music that is out there. And it's everyone's >problem when you say publicly that that music isn't good. > -Doug Alan Wait a second! This couldn't have been posted by Doug! This is what we've been trying to convince the real Doug of for months! It's obvious that someone is faking Doug messages again because the real Doug has done far more than "imply" that Madonna isn't good music. Of course this does have a slight indication of authenticity: The person seems to be saying that it's only wrong to imply that music is "bad" when the music really is "good" (according to Dougs definition I suppose) but you just can't appreciate it. This wrings of Alanism as we all know the real Doug has repeatedly failed to recognize that the reason you may think music is "bad" may also be because you fail to appreciate it. And this fake message deliberately misquoted my original title which was "I Don't Have to Like Kate Bush? Do I?", whereas the message quotes me as saying "I Don't Have to Like Anybody but Steve Morse, Do I?". The real Doug would never do this because he has complained bitterly about people doing this very thing to him. Alas, if only it were the real Doug. I'm going to save it anyway and use it for quotes in response to Dougs future postings. If by some chance he did really write it, it'll keep him honest. If he didn't, it's still good advice. Dave Blickstein P.S. I thought it worth mentioning that I'm writing this while listening to "Never For Ever" for about the 12th time trying as best as I can to learn to "appreciate" it, the result of having received recommendations for Bush from more objective sources. (UUCP) {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-tle!blickstein (ARPA) BLICKSTEIN%TLE.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA